Public shaming in the news

April 15, 2014

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Fellow Pachakutik party members apply stinging nettles and cold water to Congressman Salvador Quishpe Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 for punishment after he didn't vote against a government-sponsored bill on wage reform. He left Congress before the vote, but the bill was soundly defeated even without him. Ecuador's judicial system allows indigenous communities to apply traditional punishments, and such public humiliation and beatings are common in isolated Andean villages. (AP Photo/Ecuarunari)

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Fellow Pachakutik party members apply stinging nettles and cold water to Congressman Salvador Quishpe Friday, Aug. 15, 2003 for punishment after he didn't vote against a government-sponsored bill on wage reform. He left Congress before the vote, but the bill was soundly defeated even without him. Ecuador's judicial system allows indigenous communities to apply traditional punishments, and such public humiliation and beatings are common in isolated Andean villages. (AP Photo/Ecuarunari)